USMC 104928: Weapons Demonstration

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104928: Weapons Demonstration Citation information USMC 104928: Weapons Demonstration. (Q-16-606; R-7-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1318 Marine Corps Library Number 3049-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-606; R-7-7 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104928 Decade 1950 Date 1957-10-22 Description Marines drink coffee and observe weapons on display. Men in historical uniform demonstrate use of a 18th century rifle's flintlock, firing position, and later a cannon. A .30 carbine rifle is shown before a crowd during lecture. A lecture is given to a crowd of Marines in front of an M50 Ontos. Various firearms are fired including a Vickers medium machine gun, a Lewis light machine gun, and an M1918 Browning. Location(s) MCAS Quantico (VA) Camera crew Poff (Cpl); Nelson Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 285 Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy) Original media type Motion pictures (visual works) Language English Contributing organization University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital collection name United States Marine Corps Films Rights information Public domain. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 06/16/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 7:53 Digital file type video/H264